[Organizations sent the following letter to Senate staff is support of the Senate letter pressing President Obama for a substantial drawdown.]
Dear Senate Staff Person,
We, the undersigned 23 organizations representing over 30 million voters, strongly urge Senator XXXXX to join ten other Senators and sign this bipartisan letter to President Obama urging a "sizeable and sustained" reduction in forces from Afghanistan beginning in July.
While many of us are calling for a more accelerated transition and may not agree with every word of the letter, it represents a step in the right direction. It is clearly time to begin the process terminating the United States military engagement from the war in Afghanistan.
To sign the letter please contact Will White with Senator Jeff Merkley by COB tomorrow, Wed. June 8th.
Sincerely,
Matthew Hoh
Director
Afghanistan Study Group
Karen Showalter
Executive Director
Americans for Informed Democracy
Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey
Co-Directors
Campaign for America’s Future
William C. Goodfellow
Executive Director
Center for International Policy
Don Kraus
Chief Executive Officer
Citizens for Global Solutions
John Isaacs
Executive Director
Council for a Livable World
Michael Kieschnick
President
CREDO Action
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
Justin Ruben
Executive Director
MoveOn.org Political Action
Jenefer Ellingston
Delegate
National Green Party
Simone Campbell
Executive Director
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Terry O’Neill
President
National Organization for Women
Dave Robinson
Executive Director
Pax Christi USA
Paul Kawika Martin
Policy and Political Director
Peace Action
Peter Wilk, MD
Executive Director
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Jean Stokan
Director
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas — Institute Justice Team
Mark C. Johnson, Ph.D.
Executive Director
The Fellowship of Reconciliation
James E. Winkler, General Secretary
General Board of Church and Society
The United Methodist Church
Lisa Schirch, PhD
Director
3D Security Initiative
Marylia Kelley
Executive Director
Tri-Valley CAREs
Jeff Blum
Executive Director
USAction
Michael Eisenscher
National Coordinator
U.S. Labor Against the War (USLAW)
Susan Shaer
Executive Director
Women’s Action for New Directions